paleBLUEdot was selected to develop a Climate Vulnerability Assessment and Climate Adaptation Plan for the City of Burnsville, MN. The Climate Vulnerability Assessment will include a review of past and projected climate change impacts, identification of community vulnerabilities, and development of adaptation strategies. Climate changes experienced over the last 50 years will be detailed, as well as climate change projections through 2100 for the Midwest region as a whole, the State of Minnesota, and the City of Bunsville. The assessment will identify climate risks and impacts on the population of Burnsville as well as climate change impact multipliers such as urban heat island effects. Vulnerable populations throughout the city will be identified and mapped using GIS.

The study effort will include:.

Quantification and GIS mapping of climate vulnerable populations including: Environmental Justice communities, indigenous peoples, people of color, residents with limited English capacity, unemployed and low-income residents, seniors, people with disabilities, individuals with existing health conditions, children under 5, and occupational groups at risk.

Identification of the broad climate change impacts likely to affect residents of the City.